Improved ankyloglossia correction with four-flap Z-frenuloplasty

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 623-628

  Heller, Justin ^a   Gabbay, Joubin ^a   O'Hara, Catherine ^a   Heller, Misha ^a   Bradley, James P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankyloglossia; Frenuloplasty; Tongue tie

Indexed keywords

ANKYLOGLOSSIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOUR FLAP Z FRENULOPLASTY; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HORIZONTAL TO VERTICAL FRENULOPLASTY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; ORAL SURGERY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH DISORDER; SYMPTOM; TONGUE DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINGUAL FRENUM; MALE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TONGUE DISEASES;

EID: 19444382448     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000157917.91853.be     Document Type: Article

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